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Issue 46

Includes articles by A. W. Tozer, and David Wells.

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Editor's note: The following letter and covenant were sent by the elders of First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Illinois, to the entire membership. This serves as one example of how a church might respond to a fresh work of the Holy Spirit in our day.
January 28, 2009

Dear Friends,

God is good!

I must write you concerning one of the most significant events to happen in the life of First Presbyterian Church in many years. Last Sunday, January 25, the elders, moved by the Holy Spirit, made a public confession of sin before the Lord and this congregation ...

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  • Ed Welch
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Quick. What is, by far, God's most frequent command? The usual suspects include "Do not commit adultery," "Have no other gods before me," and "Love one another." The next group includes whatever commands you know you have violated, in which case they only feel as if they appear on every page of Scripture. The actual answer is, "Do not be afraid."


The God Who Cares


"Don't be afraid." "Don't worry." They can be said so casually. I have said them to my wife when we have been on airplanes together and her palms were sweating before takeoff ...

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  • David Wells
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The most important thing we learn about the church when we come before God is that he is the one who builds it. It was on the "rock" of Peter's confession that Christ said, "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18 ESV). The New Testament uses many metaphors to speak of this process, but those of building and growing are frequent. And the key point is that this is God's work. The church needs to be led, taught, pastored, and organized, but it is God alone who ...

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  • A. W. Tozer
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The pad and pencil method of spiritual growth is very simple. It consists of getting on your knees with your Bible, a pad of paper, and a pencil. Read the Bible, and then write down what is wrong with you. Read, for example, the Sermon on the Mount. When the Holy Spirit says you are wrong here or there, write it down. Then set your Bible aside and go over your list before God in confession, with the promise that you will never be caught doing those things again. Commune with your own heart; be still, and question yourself like ...

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